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This file photo taken from video by Nigerias Boko Haram terrorist network, shows their leader Abubakar Shekau speaking to the camera. (Photo: AP)

Boko Haram leader killed spokesman over 'leadership plot'

Earlier, leader Shekau accused Abu Zinnira of plotting with another senior commander called Baba Ammar to take over...

24 Feb 2017 8:45 PM IST

Premium Friday: Japan lets its employees leave early to shop

Premium Friday: Japan lets its employees leave early to shop

The new work-life balance scheme, launched this week, calls on employers to let staff off around 3:00 pm on the last...

24 Feb 2017 5:22 PM IST

Prime Minister of Rwanda Anastase Murekezi welcomes Vice President Hamid Ansari at a Business Forum meeting in Kigali on Monday evening. (Photo: AP)

India, Rwanda sign 3 agreements to boost bilateral relations

According to the Memorandum of Understandings signed between Rwanda and India, Rwanda Air will soon begin services to...

21 Feb 2017 2:59 PM IST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (Photo: File/AP)

Turning 93, Zimbabwe's President Mugabe rules out retirement

Mugabe, who has kept an iron grip on power since Zimbabwe became independence in 1980, once quipped that he would rule...

19 Feb 2017 8:15 PM IST

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe pulled out of the Sri Sri event due to security and protocol issues. (Photo: AP)

Zimbabwe President Mugabe's wife says he could run in election 'as a...

Mugabe's wife has accused some ruling ZANU-PF party officials of plotting to take over from him.

17 Feb 2017 8:14 PM IST

It was the fiercest attack in months by Boko Haram on the city that is the birthplace of the Islamic insurgency. (Photo: Representational Image)

11 dead as Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram suicide bombers

Police say three female suicide bombers detonated vehicles parked at a truck station around midnight.

17 Feb 2017 2:44 PM IST

A blend of veteran and young footballers will be the prime attraction of the match. Representational image

Angola probes football stampede that killed 17

Police said hundreds of fans had tried to enter the already packed stadium to see the match, causing a crush that...

11 Feb 2017 6:50 PM IST

The report said that ISIS is struggling financially in Afghanistan, where it has resorted to extortion of the local population and has had to stop paying its fighters at times. (Photo: Representational Image)

Egypt: ISIS executes 5 men accused of aiding army

The militant group has published a series of photographs on messaging app Telegram on Friday.

11 Feb 2017 3:32 PM IST

After years of devastating battles and a recent surge in attacks, the fear in Nigeria is that Boko Haram will simply decamp from the Sambisa forest enclave to other areas nearby. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Nigeria: Boko Haram kills 7 new army recruits, abducts female soldier

Nigeria's military last year drove Boko Haram out of towns and forest strongholds, but isolated attacks and suicide...

10 Feb 2017 6:06 PM IST

Nigeria remains a food-deficit country with cereal imports, mainly rice and wheat, forecast to exceed 7 million tons this year. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

120,000 Nigerians likely face Boko Haram-created famine: UN

UN agencies have reported that children already are dying in the region and some half a million face death if they don't...

8 Feb 2017 5:14 PM IST